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Two Annual Events Provide Opportunities To Learn From Experts
The Council meets twice each year to hear presentations by nationally recognized speakers who are experts in their fields.
The Council asks leaders in government and other sectors to participate in discussions with the intent of gaining a better understanding of major public policy issues. The Council does not take positions as an organization and will not advocate any particular position, policy, or course of action.
The Spring meeting is held virtually and an in-person meeting is held each Fall in Washington DC, where members can interact socially between sessions.
Spring Virtual Conference
The Spring Conference is a four-hour virtual meeting where members participate in interactive sessions presented by the top subject matter experts in their fields.
Fall In-person Conference
The Fall Conference is typically held in Washington where members have a chance to network with their fellow retired CEOs and learn about current affairs from guest speakers.
We Go Right To The Experts:
These former guest speakers appeared before the Council of Chief Executives (2015-2024).
- Lonny Anderson - Former Director of Technology & Chief Information Officer for the National Security Agency
- Nicole Bibbins Sedaca -Executive VP, Freedom House
- Michael Bloomberg - Former Mayor of New York City
- Arthur Brooks - Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School
- Camille Busette - Sr. Fellow, Brookings Institute
- Steve Case - Co-Founder, AOL Chairman & CEO, Revolution, LLC
- Victor Cha - Former Director Asian Affairs, White House National Security Council
- Lanhee Chen - Fellow, Hoover Institution
- Michael Chertoff - Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Charlie Cook - Founder, The Cook Political Report
- Dr. Toby Cosgrove - Former CEO, Cleveland Clinic Advisor, Google Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Ivo Daalder - Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO (2009-13)
- Mitch Daniels - Former Governor of Indiana 2005-13, Former President, Purdue University
- Rep. Tom Davis - Former Member, U. S. House of Representatives (R-VA)
- Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan
- Robert Doar - Former President, American Enterprise Institute
- Ken Duberstein - Chairman & CEO, The Duberstein Group
- Jennifer Duffy - The Cook Political Report
- Ford Fraker - Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- Judd Gregg - Former New Hampshire Governor
- Dr. Richard Haass - President, Council on Foreign Relations
- Richard Haver - Central Intelligence Agency
- Dr. Glenn Hubbard - Dean Emeritus, Columbia University
- David Ignatius, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Washington Post
- Gen. Jack Keane - Former Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
- Fred Kempe - President & CEO, The Atlantic Council
- Harry Kraemer - Kellogg School of Management Former CEO, Baxter International
- Ken Lieberthal - Senior Fellow Emeritus, Brookings Institution
- Winston Lord - Former Assist. Secretary of State 1993-97, Former U.S. Ambassador to China 1985-89
- Robert McNally - President, Rapidan Energy Group
- Afshin Molavi - Sr. Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute
- Michael Morrell - Former Deputy Director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
- Michael O’Hanlon - Sr. Fellow & Director Research, Brookings Institution
- Norm Ornstein - Emeritus Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
- Hon. Robert J. Portman - Former U.S. Senator (R-OH)
- Adm. Gary Roughead - Former Chief of Naval Operations
- Ian Rowe Sr. - Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Richard Spencer - Former U. S. Secretary of the Navy
- Admiral James Stavridis - Former Supreme Allied Commander, NATO
- Michael Strain - Director, American Enterprise Institute
- Lawrence Summers - Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Former President, Harvard University
- Strobe Talbott - United States Deputy Secretary of State, President, Brookings Institution
- Amy Walter - Publisher & Editor in Chief, The Cook Political Report
- David Wasserman - Political Journalist
- Rachel Wilson - Managing Director – Technology & Risk, Morgan Stanley
